Finance and Business
'Big' job fair on VG in April for displaced Little Dix Bay workers
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Representative for the Ninth District Dr The Honourable Hubert O'Neal is confident that an upcoming job fair will find work for many of the 300 workers soon to be sent home from the Rosewood Little Dix Bay Hotel and Resort which is embarking on a year and a half of rehabilitation from May 1, 2016.
'Walwyn does not want me talk because he got a lot to hide'- Hugh E. Darley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Former developer of the Cruise Port Development Project Hugh E. Darley has reacted to the statements in the House of Assembly against him by Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn, saying that if anyone knows of the contribution that he made in the early days of the controversial project it would be Honourable Walwyn.
Jack Populist & Jill Pragmatic
By Dickson Igwe
Modern politics has moved from the platform of conservative and socialist ideology to populism and tribalism. Globalisation may be the cause.
Digicel announces free Easter roaming pass & smartphone deals
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Digicel, the VI’s leading provider of best value roaming, has announced that its prepaid customers can enjoy a free seven-day Roam Like You’re Home pass. Prepaid customers travelling to the USA, USVI, Puerto Rico, Canada, UK, Ireland and Digicel Caribbean destinations can activate the free Digicel’s Roam Like You’re Home plan. The plan was available for activation from midnight March 23, 2016, to midnight March 28, 2016.
CCT will not be shut out! - Hon Vanterpool blasts TRC
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) last evening March 23, 2016 blasted the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) for what he called its shutting out of CCT Global Communications from the spectrum allocation process and said as the policy maker he was unhappy about this.
Budget Debate standoff! Ministers & Opposition playing ‘go first game’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As the popularity of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) regime of Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith sinks amid reports the party raided the treasury to win the 2015 snap election and leaving the country broke, there is a strategic standoff going on in the House of Assembly.
9th District resort owners welcome BVI Airways! - Hon Hubert O'Neal
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Representative for the Ninth District Honourable Hubert O’Neal believes the decision to pump $7 million into foreign owned BVI Airways is a good one that will benefit the territory immensely and has reported that major resort owners in his District are eagerly awaiting the commencement of the service set to begin in September or October this year.
Premier Smith baffled VI on money laundering list
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith said the Virgin Islands adheres to all of the required international regulations and conventions and therefore it is baffling why the territory continues to feature in the US State Department's International Narcotic Control Strategy Report.
Digicel rewards entrepreneurship, a key business focus
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Digicel and the Department of Trade, Investment Promotion and Consumer Affairs, have partnered to reward BVI Business through the 2015 Business of the Year Programme. Kristin C. Frazer of Trèfle Designs won the People’s Choice Award powered by Digicel.
Gov't buckling to concerns over proposed Wartsila agreement
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) told this news site that Government is likely to shelve a proposal by equipment supplier Wartsila to train local engineers in the use of new engines that the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) recently acquired.
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